Jessie Kohler

Attorney, Executive Director at Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
Los Angeles, CA

About Jessie Kohler

Jessie Kohler is Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP's Executive Director and is responsible for overseeing the overall non-financial management of the firm. A proven leader in law firm management, she has overseen the growth of PSR from seven attorneys to over forty, as well as the opening of three additional office locations. In addition to her management expertise, she is also an experienced trial attorney who specializes in labor and employment law, including wage and hour class and collective actions, and cases involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract.

Prior to joining PSR, Jessie was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Winston & Strawn LLP. While there, she primarily represented Fortune 500 companies with regard to their labor and employment issues, including litigation and counseling.

Jessie has successfully tried cases involving claims of harassment, discrimination, breach of contract, whistleblower retaliation, and unpaid overtime and has tried multiple wage and hour class actions to verdict or judgment. She has served as co-lead counsel in a multi-district overtime litigation, as well as coordinated multiple national class and collective actions.

Since joining Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, Jessie has represented plaintiffs in wage and hour, sexual harassment, discrimination and business litigation matters. In addition to her litigation and counseling experience, Jessie has been a frequent speaker and trainer on various employment law issues, including sexual harassment, wage and hour laws, and class actions.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP

These results are credited to Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$1.2 billionVerdictTop 20 in California · #6

A Los Angeles jury ordered General Motors to pay $4.9 billion after a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu's rear-mounted fuel tank ruptured and burned six occupants in a rear-end crash, the largest US personal-injury verdict at the time.

Los Angeles, CA (LA County Superior Court) · 1999Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Kevin Boyle of the firm served as one of three plaintiffs' co-lead counsel in the $800 million settlement with MGM Resorts for victims of the 2017 Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting at Mandalay Bay.

Las Vegas, NV (Clark County District Court) · 2020Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

A Los Angeles County jury ordered Rebecca Grossman and former Major League pitcher Scott Erickson to pay $198.17 million for the deaths of two brothers, ages 11 and 8, struck in a marked crosswalk near their home.

Los Angeles, CA (Van Nuys, LA County Superior Court) · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Las Vegas jury awarded hedge fund manager David Moradi $160.5 million after Cosmopolitan security personnel beat him at the Marquee nightclub and left him with a traumatic brain injury, and a confidential settlement followed during deliberations on punitive damages.

Las Vegas, NV (Clark County District Court) · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$121.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in California · #14

A Riverside County jury found Moreno Valley Unified School District 90 percent at fault for keeping teacher Thomas Lee West in the classroom for two decades despite molestation complaints, awarding $135 million to two former students he abused.

Riverside County, CA (Superior Court) · 2023Sexual AbuseRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Southern California Law School
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California

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